What is a Downgrade Attack?

What is a Downgrade Attack? | CrowdStrike

Maintaining good cybersecurity means protecting against multiple kinds of attack. One of these attack types is called a “downgrade attack.” This form of cryptographic attack is also called a “version rollback attack” or a “bidding-down attack.” In a downgrade attack, an attacker forces the target system to switch to a low-quality, less secure mode of operation.

Downgrade attacks can take a variety of forms. We’ll talk here about the most common forms of downgrade attack: the form these attacks can take, what functions they serve and how they work. Thankfully, downgrade attacks are well known and well documented at this point, so you don’t have to break new ground in order to protect your company against th…